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Heart pins hope on fresh blood
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has defended the poor ratings of flagship London station Heart 106.2 and claimed it will claw back listeners with its new look.
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C4, BBC2 knock at Nobles Gate
Scottish indie Nobles Gate has won a host of commissions, including an irreverent film for Channel 4 on the dos and don'ts of being a child star.
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BBC orders teen drama
Southampton-based indie Resource Base has been commissioned to make a BBC2 drama, co-written and directed by acclaimed playwright John Godber.
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Open Mike scoops aid gig
Open Mike Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to film the nation's largest ever comedy gig, organised to raise funds for victims of the Asian tsunami.
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BBC scores more tests from talent
The BBC has locked down the rights to its hit interactive quiz format Test the Nationuntil 2006, ordering 15 hours of new specials from indie Talent Television. The next batch of six specials of the primetime BBC1 quiz, presented by Anne Robinson and Phillip Schofield, which ...
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Goodall's animals talk for Tigress
Bristol-based indie Tigress Productions has been commissioned to make a documentary with renowned conservationist Jane Goodall. The two-hour special, working titled Jane Goodall's When Animals Talk, is scheduled to air on Animal Planet in June. The programme will focus on what happens when humans and animals ...
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Wise Buddah wins seven BBC orders
Radio indie Wise Buddah has picked up seven commissions from BBC Radio 2 and the World Service. Elton John will be the subject of a three-part series for R2, which will air weekly in July, while Tom Waits and Coldplay will be the subjects of documentary specials airing in April ...
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C4 takes third look at Peep Show
Channel 4 head of comedy Caroline Leddy has commissioned a third series of sitcom Peep Showfrom indie Objective Productions. The series, which follows a pair of socially dysfunctional flat-sharers (David Mitchell and Robert Webb) in south London, will be written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Aaqil Ahmed
Channel 4's commissioning editor, religion wishes he could nab Top Gear- in the meantime he's looking for primetime documentaries that will bring in an audience while keeping spirituality in the driving seat
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Wogan helps R2 to record audience
Terry Wogan's decision this week to retire from radio in March 2007 will be a major blow to his growing army of fans - now up to a record 8.05 million listeners, according to the latest Rajars.
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Digital listeners push up XFm's share
Indie rock station Xfm lost listeners in the core London market but grew its national audience through digital listening. The Capital Radio-owned station lost 6.5% of its listeners over the last quarter to report an audience of 535,000. However, it recorded its second highest ever national audience of 693,000, which ...
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Jazz FM loses 200,000 listeners
Jazz FM has had one of its worst radio listenership results, losing almost a quarter of its audience in three months. The audience share for the London station, owned by the Guardian Media Group, dropped from 2.2% to 1.7% as 204,000 listeners abandoned it. The decline could lead to a ...
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106 Century FM ups share ahead of sale
106 Century FM, the station Capital Radio is to sell in order to secure its merger with GWR, has lost nearly 20,000 of its audience but has upped its share of listening. The Nottingham-based station reported an audience of 302,000, but grew its listening share to 6.1% due to an ...
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Kerrang! draws 17% more listeners
Kerrang!, the Emap-owned rock station that launched in the West Midlands last June, has shown positive growth in its second Rajar report. The station achieved a 17% rise in listeners in the final quarter of last year to report an audience of 299,000. The Kerrang! digital radio ...
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Local radio co nears million mark
The Local Radio Company, the group launched early last year by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, has recorded a combined audience of nearly 900,000 around the country. The latest figure includes results from LRC's recent acquisitions of Spirit FM in South West Sussex and KCR FM in Liverpool.
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Virgin duo make strong Rajar debut
Digital stations Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Groove reported positive results in their debut Rajar appearance. The SMG-owned stations together attracted 239,000 listeners, a strong result considering they are only available in London on DAB radio.
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Comment: can Magic keep up the act?
The battle for dominance in the competitive London market has long been considered a two-horse race.
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US exec remakes three UK shows
The US executive behind the American remake of The Officehas lined up three more adaptations of British series as his next projects.
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Takeaway lures Scandinavia
Granada International has sold the formats for flagship ITV gameshow Saturday Night TakeAwayand makeover show Monster Garageinto Scandinavia.
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Initial to make Times show
Endemol-owned indie Initial has received a rare commission from the Times Newspaper group to produce a monthly entertainment show.